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            <td valign="bottom" class="title">Welcome to FamiTracker</td>
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	<p class="heading">Overview</p>
	
    <p class="text">
        FamiTracker is a Windows sound tracker style sequencer designed for creating NES/Famicom music. The music can be exported to NSF (Nintendo Sound 
        Format) which is possible to play on the NES/Famicom hardware. A NSF player or NES emulator can be used to play these files 
        on a PC/Mac.</p>
        
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        This help file descibes the interface of the program and the 
        targeted sound hardware.<br />
        There is also a wiki available with a 
        FAQ, example songs and more information: 
        <a href="http://www.famitracker.com/wiki/" target="new">http://www.famitracker.com/wiki/</a></p>
    
    <p class="text">You can always press F1 anywhere in the application to access the context sensitive help.</p>
    
    <p class="heading">Features</p>
    
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		<li>Full realtime emulation of the channels; using blargg&#39;s band-limiting library for high quality audio
		<li>MIDI devices support
		<li>NSF file export, makes it possible to use music in NES applications or play on NES
		<li>Supported expansion chips: 
            Konami (VRC6, VRC7), Nintendo (MMC5, FDS) and Namco 163
        <li>Source is avaliable under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
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	<p class="heading">Help Topics</p>
	
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        <li><a href="interface.htm">The program interface</a></li>
        <li><a href="sound_overview.htm">Sound hardware</a></li>
        <li><a href="effect_list.htm">Pattern effect list</a></li>
        <li><a href="faq.htm">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></li>
        <li><a href="changelog.htm">Change log</a></li>
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    <p class="heading">Contact and support</p>
	
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	    If you need help then there&#39;s a forum on the webpage that 
        may be of assistance, and I&#39;m 
        also available on the IRC 
        channel and by mail:</p>
        
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		    <td class="text"><b>E-mail: </b></td>
		    <td class="text"><a href="mailto:jsr@famitracker.com">jsr@famitracker.com</a></td>
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		    <td class="text"><b>Website: </b></td>
		    <td class="text"><a href="http://www.famitracker.com" target="new">http://www.famitracker.com</a></td>
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		    <td class="text"><b>IRC </b></td>
		    <td class="text">#famitracker @ irc.esper.net</td>
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	<span class="copyright"><em>FamiTracker is Copyright &copy; 2005 - 2014 jsr</em></span>
	
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